French Exploration

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Across
  1. 2. Treaty to end the French and Indian War
  2. 4. founded New Orleans
  3. 5. former capital of French Louisiana
  4. 7. Another European country claiming parts of America
  5. 9. a code of laws for slaves in French Louisiana
  6. 10. Part of French Louisiana and now a state
  7. 11. a large river that divides North America in half
  8. 12. ruling body of Louisiana
  9. 16. used to describe the living conditions of French Louisiana
  10. 18. Claimed the Mississippi River for France
  11. 19. son of King Louis XIV
  12. 22. two men who sailed the Mississippi River
  13. 24. an area settled by a group of people from a distant land
  14. 25. Invented paper money
  15. 26. girls from France sent to live in the colony to repopulate
  16. 28. part of land in America that was highly sought after by European Powers
  17. 29. a French Military officer who helped LaSalle in his expeditions to America
  18. 30. a large farm or estate
  19. 31. first proprietor of Louisiana
Down
  1. 1. a form of currency made by John Law
  2. 3. a war between France and England over the Ohio River Valley
  3. 6. a people group that originally came from Africa and are now in America
  4. 8. name given to water route from North America to Asia
  5. 13. a parcel of land given to an individual
  6. 14. king of France from 1643-1715
  7. 15. a worker born to serve their master for life
  8. 17. the collapse of The Company of The West
  9. 20. founded Fort Maurepas in 1699
  10. 21. present capital of Louisiana
  11. 23. system where a colony is ruled as a business
  12. 27. main religion of France